The multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein is a transmembrane efflux pump expressed by lymphocytes and is involved in their cytolytic activity. In the present study, we investigated the age-related changes of P-glycoprotein function in normal peripheral blood lymphocytes. Blood samples from 90 normal volunteers (age range, 0 to 86 years) were analyzed. P-glycoprotein function was assessed by the flow cytometric rhodamine 123 assay. P-glycoprotein function was highest in cord blood and progressively declined with age in peripheral blood T CD4+ and CD8+ cells. In contrast, P-glycoprotein function did not vary with age in CD19+ B or CD16+CD56+ natural killer cells. These data suggest that the decline in P-glycoprotein function in T CD4+ and CD8+ lymphocytes as a function of age may contribute to the decrease in T cell cytolytic activity with aging.
Age-related changes of the multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein function in normal human peripheral blood T lymphocytes.
C. Machado,R. T. Calado,A. B. Garcia,Roberto P. Falcao
Published 2003 in Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas
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2003
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Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas
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2003-11-17
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Biology, Medicine
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